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The student news site of Adlai E. Stevenson High School

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Whodunit Dun Right

Griffin Brown and Dylan Barbee | February 27, 2022

Everyone is a suspect, a point driven home in the latest whodunit to hit theaters, and one we quite enjoyed. Released on Feb. 11, Death on the Nile is the perfect movie for the Valentine’s Day season—with...

Traffic Jam

Traffic Jam

Briana Iordan | February 15, 2022

As I tried to see past the line of cars snaking from Parking Lot E, my last remnants of hope faded away. Light flurries of snow cascaded from the sky, twirling around my car and painting the ground in...

Follow Your Heart

Kyla Smith | February 15, 2022

Movies:  She’s All That (1999) 13 Going on 30 (2004) The Kissing Booth (2018) To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)   She’s All That : Overall 8/10 Summary: She’s...

Statesman Sound Station – January 2022

Griffin Brown, Dylan Barbee, and Nick Corso | February 1, 2022

Dawn FM by The Weeknd - January 7, 2022 “We still celebratin’ Super Bowl,” The Weeknd sings on Here We Go… Again on Dawn FM just nearly a year after his iconic Super Bowl halftime performance....

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Review

Griffin Brown | January 19, 2022

After watching Spider-Man: No Way Home, I wanted to break down what I thought the themes of the movie were and what it means for the MCU going forward. This is not a plot review, but it does contain spoilers,...

One Size Fits None

One Size Fits None

Griffin Brown | December 4, 2021

My advice for underclassmen: don't listen to advice. Confused? Hear me out. During the few years that you will be at Stevenson, you will get plenty of advice from various people. Teachers, students,...

Writing Checks, Checking Privilege

Writing Checks, Checking Privilege

Lance Locker | October 27, 2021

It’s an understatement to say that Stevenson is renowned for its seemingly limitless resources. We have entire Student Support Teams, a 15:1 student-to-teacher ratio, 150+ extracurricular activities,...

With a Great Trailer Comes Great Leakability

Humza Qazi, Managing Editor of Production | September 27, 2021

“Hello Peter.” Doc Ock’s ominous greeting capped off the newly released trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home, which has broken the record for the most viewed movie trailer in 24 hours. The highly...

Off-Campus, On-Screen

Off-Campus, On-Screen

Kelly Liu | May 28, 2021

  “F*** school, F*** softball, F*** cheer, F*** everything,” 14-year-old high school cheerleader Brandi Levy posted to her Snapchat story. With the mounting pressure of upcoming exams, club...

Streaming The Latest

Elyssa Gavenda | April 13, 2021

Streaming services have started to take over television. People are beginning to no longer pay for cable and instead buy smart TV’s that include several different subscription and streaming services...

First-Hand Fatigue

Ojasvi Saxena | April 2, 2021

On Saturday, I got back home after driving one and a half hours to my SAT Subject Test center. I was more tired than usual, but brushed that off to taking the exams.  Sunday morning, I woke up with...

“Music”: the Tone-Deaf Musical

Aayushi Wadhawan and Kelly Liu | March 18, 2021

For someone with nine Grammy nominations for songs discussing alcoholism and mental illness, nobody expected Sia to be tone-deaf towards the Autism community. Sia’s recent directorial debut movie “Music”...

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